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Editore: League of World War I Aviation Historians, Marceline, MO, 1990
Da: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Photographs; This is an oversized paperback. The item is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is one small but noticeable bump to the bottom spine end of the magazine. The text pages are clean and bright. Includes the articles: What - No Airplanes? By Edgar S. Gorrell, Reinhold Platz and the Fokker Company by Peter M. Grosz, Betls and Drums - a survey of Ammunition totals of First World War Aircraft by Kevin Kelly, Lt. ABE Abernethy and the 147th Squadron by Walter VF. Powell, Victor Victorovich Utgoff - the Adventures of an Imperial Russian Naval Pilot by Alan E. Durkota with Donna Durkota and Thomas Darcey, and, Colors: The Roland D. II and D. IIa by Greg VanWyngarden.
Editore: League of World War I Aviation Historians, 2007
Da: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine.
Editore: League of World War I Aviation Historians, 2007
Da: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine.
Editore: Amber Books, [2010]., [London]:, 2010
Da: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
4to. 192 pp. Over 250 colour illustrations, numerous photo illustrations, photo-illustrated endpapers. Colour-illustrated boards, w/ d.j. F/F copy. First edition of this invaluable reference to the military aircraft and their detailed artwork markings during World War I, arranged chronologically, including separate chapters on the Easter, Western, Italian, and Middle Eastern Fronts.
Editore: Published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., [Aviation] 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire First Edition . 2015., 2015
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (viii), 272 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'For (name withheld) - Sincerely Norman Franks'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
Editore: Published by Aston Publications Ltd., Harvest Hill, Bourne End, Bucks. First Edition . 1990., 1990
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 168 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Small ink name to the front free end paper. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with crease lines to the spine ends, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Norman Franks' + Loosely enclosed letter of provenance, dated 3rd October 2016, requesting the author to sign the book | Norman Franks has returned this letter to the recipient listing other titles he has and which he can sign for him. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).
Editore: Published by Grub Street, 4 Rainham Close, London First Edition . 2008., 2008
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original moss green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¼''. Contains (viii), 216 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by both authors to the title page 'For (name withheld) with best wishes - Bob Foster and Norman Franks'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.
Editore: Drei Brunnen Verlag, [1958]., Stuttgart:, 1958
Da: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Thick 4to. 736 pp. Photo frontispiece, 100s of photo illusts., maps, diagrams. Blue cloth, silver lettering (minor shelfwear, w/o endpapers) still G copy. First edition of this famed illustrated monograph on German aviation history from before World War I until 1932. The author provides an expansive and excellent history of the formation of the German air force, early German aviation, pilots in the German Colonies, the development of planes and pilots during World War I, the evolution of air racing in Europe, and much more.
Editore: Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First Edition . 1955., 1955
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains frontispiece, 384 pp. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little age sunning down the spine, not price clipped, 16s. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Loosely inserted letter on 'The Leonard Cheshire Foundation' headed paper dated 19th September to Norman Franks and SIGNED 'Leonard Cheshire'. SIGNED by Norman Franks label to the title page 'Best wishes Norman Franks'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES.
Editore: Published by Grub Street, The Basement, 10 Chivalry Road, London First Edition Thus Substantially Updated Edition . 1995., 1995
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition thus substantially updated hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xiv), 274 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Small booksellers ticket removed from the bottom of the front free end paper. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. + No. 304 of 500 Victory in Europe flown cover | Flight Lieutenant J. A. Cruickshank was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery during a successful attack on U-347 in the Atlantic on 17th July 1944 and SIGNED by him to the front cover 'John Cruickshank' also SIGNED by the author label to the title page 'Best wishes | Norman Franks' + letter of provenance to the author dated 2016. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.
Editore: Flugzeugmeisterei der Inspektion der Fliegertruppen,, [Berlin] - Charlottenburg:, 1918
Da: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Tall thick 8vo. 177-603, [1] pp. Over 170 plates, diagrams (many large folding), charts. Blue ribbed cloth, gilt lettering on spine, w/ original orange printed wrappers bound in (minor shelfwear, occasional toning, a few leaves with pencil translations into English), still a VG copy from the library of Horst Petzold (b. 1923), former Luftwaffe pilot, machinist, and later aviation writer for Boeing for over 35 years, w/ his ownership label on ffep. First edition, thus, of this installment in the original top secret papers published on German aeronautics, and aviation during World War I -- No. 899. These papers describe experiments on wind resistance and lift, mathematical calculations on lift and resistance to the biplane wings; Aerodynamics of the aircraft struts and cross members; The most successful profiles and shapes from experiments for biplane wings; The most effective muffler systems for aircraft engines, and much more. The contributors include some of the greatest pioneers of German aviation such as Henrich Foche (1890-1979); pioneering work by the famed aerospace and aeronautics engineer, Max Munk (1890-1986) featuring some of his earliest papers on airfoil theory, and design; Ludwig Prandtl (1875-1953), who pioneered mathematical analyses for aerodynamics, and provided much of the basis for modern aeronautical engineering, and more.
Editore: n.p., ca. 1918]., [Paris:, 1918
Da: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
4to. [24 leaves (unnumbered).], archival mylar sleeves, holding 48 silver print photos, sized 5 x 7 in., most w/ pencil, or pen annotations either below in white blank, or on verso, some w/ "Copyright Reproduction Interdite" stamps on verso, others w/ inventory numbers in pen, or pencil (minor soiling, creasing, some minor chipping, & closed tears), still good set of photographs. These 48 images encapsulate the devastation of World War I, not only capturing many of the French & German aircraft, but also downed planes, casualties, significant historical figures such as General Pershing on an inspection tour, as well as the effects of bombardment on French buildings, and public works. Aircraft identified in the images, include the massive Handley Page Type O biplane bomber, Spad biplane, downed German Zeppelin, a Nieuport 17 C.1, French sesquiplane fighter; Voisin biplane, a French dirigible, and others. Also included are images of German aviators' remains near their downed plane, German casualties on the battlefield, one pile of skeletal remains, along with German Turret Gun, German POW's on the march, and French tank. The aerial views capture Notre Dame, and the Seine, dogfight with German planes, the Arc de Triomphe, village of Forges after an artillery bombardment, and danger signal fireworks at night above the trenches.
Editore: Published by Peter Davies Ltd., 30 Henrietta Street, London Second Impression August [First Edition June 1936]. 1936., 1936
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Second impression hard back binding in publisher's original grey marl cloth covers, navy blue title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains [viii] 332 printed pages of text. Fox spotting to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with 10 mm piece of paper missing across the top of the spine, age darkening of the paper to the spine and edges, not price clipped 8/6, identical to the first edition dust wrapper with 'Master Mariner' review to the rear panel. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).
Editore: Naval Aviation Training School, L. Blakemore, Isaack Wallenstein, & Western Photo Studio (Photographers), ca. 1919-1921]., [Great Lakes, Chicago & Waukegan, IL:, 1919
Da: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Oblong atlas folio. 21.5 x 9 in. [43 leaves (unnumbered).], on thick black paper stock. With 52 original silver gelatin photos tipped-in, sized from 5 x 7 in. up to 19 x 8 in. (36 panoramas, sized from 18 x 3 in. up to 19 x 18 in.), some w/ photographer's imprint w/in negative at lower fore-edge, some captioned, all tipped-in. Contemporary Spruce plywood post-binder covers (same as wood used for spars and biplane bodies in World War I, rounded corners, piano hinge front joint, gilt decorative lettering & logo on front cover (minor scuffing, shelfwear), still VG exemplar. This outstanding souvenir album depicts the height of the vital Naval Aviation Training School which provided essential technical expertise and training to entire generations of Naval Aviators, and Naval aviation mechanics and carpenters through World War I, and beyond. Founded originally in 1904 when a board appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt selected two farms of north of Lake Bluff, IL as a training station, which originally covered 172 acres. By Armistice Day at the end of World War I, the facility had expanded to 1200 acres, and over 45,000 men underwent training. Of particular interest in this album are the 36 panoramic photographs documenting Naval Aviator, and Naval Aviation mechanic classes for the 15th Regiment, and 1st Battalion, 15th Regiment from 1919-1920, as well as class rooms, machine shops for aviation mechanics, and Naval instructors. Others encompass the cutaway model Aviation engines with instructional charts on the surrounding wals, the carpenter's shop with aviation machinery jigs on work benches, and airline bodies under construction. One photo depicts the Motor Laboratory, Steam Laboratory, and Equipment from the USS Eagle 25 at the Aviation Mechanics' School, a US Navy patrol boat which had sunk in a storm in June, 1920, and then been raised and sold off as a hulk by Dec., 1921. Other panoramic photos capture the Riggers' School classroom at Great lakes with full scale biplanes and seaplanes, scale model dirigible, the Coppersmith School classroom, the Fittings classroom with airplane propellers hanging from the walls, dip baths for machined parts and nickel plate coating, and several of the Naval Aviation School football, baseball, and other sporting teams, including the largest panorama of the Inter-Training Station Baseball championship team from Great Lakes. Wallenstein (1861-1958) was a longtime Chicago photographer through the first four decades of the 20th Century who operated his studio out of his 3928 N. Kenneth home and specialized in panoramic photographs. Western Photo Studio in Waukegan, IL appears to have been short-lived as the Waukegan, IL directories from 1918-1921 do not list the business, but possibly connected with the Western Union Telegraph offices, as the address was interchangeable. Volpe (1885-1950 began working in New York originally as a bookbinder, before enlisting as an aviation mechanic with the US Navy in 1910, assigned originally to the newly formed ground school in Pensacola, and later became Chief Warrant Officer, Pilot Airman, and Instructor, who oversaw the Naval Aviation Training School from 1918-1921. He was also the assistant Athletic officer for baseball and tennis at the base.